H.R. 9143 119th Congress House

Foreign Adversary Patent Disclosure Act

Official title: To amend title 35, United States Code, to require the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office to require disclosures in patent applications r… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title 35, United States Code, to require the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office to require disclosures in patent applications regarding ties to the People's Republic of China and other foreign adversaries, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 4, 2026 Introduced by: Scott Fitzgerald Republican · Wisconsin See on congress.gov

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 9143: Foreign Adversary Patent Disclosure Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-9143/

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"H.R. 9143: Foreign Adversary Patent Disclosure Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-9143/.

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H.R. 9143, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-9143/.

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